Astigmatism

[patterndude at comcast.net]

Glad it worked out, Ron.  Excellent sight is so important in this hobby and I'm paranoid about mine.  I was part of that small minority that had terrible reactions to lasik surgery and had double vision for a while.  Once tried to fly the "plane in front" but it was too difficult and I nearly crashed.  I'm OK now but am more paranoid about my vision than most.
--Lance

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District 6 AVP 
www.aeroslave.com

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> On a serious note, I don't know if cataracts or astigmatism cause 
> multiple images, but, before surgery, if I put a small black ink dot on 
> a piece of paper and looked at it with only my left eye, I saw four 
> dots. One was distinct and dark black, the remainder were fuzzy and 
> gray. When I did the same with my right eye, I saw two dots. One was 
> distinct and dark black, the other was fuzzy and gray. When I opened 
> both eyes, I saw three dots. One was distinct and dark black, the 
> other two were fuzzy and gray. When I looked at a white center pole at 
> the flying field, I saw a distinct, white pole and two fuzzy white 
> poles on either side. My airplanes had fuzzy wings. Cataract surgery 
> cured all that. 
> 
> Ron Van Putte 
> 
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